AIKIDO-2026-10684
astral-tokio-tar is vulnerable to UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
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Low Risk
This Affects:
astral-tokio-tarTL;DR
In affected versions of this package, the unpack_in API could inadvertently modify the permissions of external (i.e. non-archive) directories outside of the archive. An attacker could use this to contrite a tar archive that maliciously changes directory permissions outside of its intended hierarchy. This flaw only affects directories; individual file permissions cannot be modified via it.
Who does this affect?
You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range.
Background info
astral-tokio-tar is vulnerable to UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in versions 0.0.1 - 0.6.0.
How to fix this
Upgrade the astral-tokio-tar library to the patch version.
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SOC 2Compliant
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